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Iron bill hook - long wooden handle, fibre wound around part of handle ("muhoro"
Iron bill hook - long wooden handle, fibre wound around part of handle ("muhoro"
Object Number 39-39-50/4411
Display Title Iron bill hook - long wooden handle, fibre wound around part of handle ("muhoro"
Descriptions
Indigenous Term muhoro
Object Description Iron bill hook - long wooden handle, fibre wound around part of handle ("muhoro")
Inventory Description Billhook, wood handle, wrapped with fiber, short iron stem, curved, flat blade
Classification
  • Billhook
Department Ethnographic
Culture
  • Banyaruanda
Geography/Provenience/Site Name
Africa / Nyaruanda
Additional Geographic Terms Uganda, Southwest: Kigesi District: Nyakabande; Lake Mutanda, near
Materials Iron, Wood, Fiber
Dimensions Overall: 59 x 17.5 x 2.9 cm (23 1/4 x 6 7/8 x 1 1/8 in.)
Quantity 1
Label on object 39-39-50/4411

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